How blessed is the man who fears always, but he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity. Proverbs 28:14 NASB Fear always – We are apt to recite the fact that Scripture exhorts us some 366 times not to fear. This could lead us to imagine that fear has no place in the life…
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with all that is hidden, whether it is good, or whether it is evil. Ecclesiastes 12:14 Jay Green Judgment – “The strength of the yetzer ha’ra is precisely in convincing us that we do not need these words of instruction because we are above believing in such…
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with all that is hidden, whether it is good, or whether it is evil. Ecclesiastes 12:14 Jay Green Every work – Scrupulous! Rigorous! Meticulous! Do those adjectives describe your life before the Lord – or are you one of the many who seem to think that God’s…
Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Genesis 2:7 NASB Living Being – Will we ever get past Genesis? Probably not. The depth of this account of creation can hardly be plumbed. Once more we return…
so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ; Philippians 1:10 NASB In order to be – Read it slowly. Paul has just proclaimed that God and God alone will complete the good work in us (v. 6). God won’t stop the…
being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6 NIV The day of Christ Jesus – How long will it take for God to finish the exclamation of your life? Paul gives us the answer. “Until the…
being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6 NIV To completion – Would you like to put an exclamation point behind your life? Look no further than this word, epiteleo. Actually, the root word is what…
being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6 NIV Good work – Do you do good work? Your answer depends on what you mean by “good.” The Hollywood culture seems to think that good work includes…
being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6 NIV Began – One way to find the route through a complicated maze is to begin at the end and work backwards. Most of us have done that…
Trust in YHWH with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; know Him in all your ways, and He makes all your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 ISR Your own understanding – There is nothing common about common sense. From a biblical point of view, common sense is just another form of arrogant…
